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The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	passage	2002-2003	150-2,500 individuals	A1, A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	passage	2003	3,000 individuals	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	passage	2001	70,000 individuals	A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	passage	2001	10,000 individuals	A4i
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	passage	2003	1,500 individuals	A4i
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	passage	2001	50,000 individuals	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	2001	1,000 individuals	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2007	20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Chukar Alectoris chukar	1	18	individuals	100	favourable
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	1	16	individuals	100	favourable
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	5	34	individuals	100	favourable
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	1	5	individuals	100	favourable
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	1	92	individuals	100	favourable
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	17	9	individuals	53	unfavourable
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	19	19	individuals	100	favourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	7	44	individuals	100	favourable
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	41	15	individuals	37	very unfavourable
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	24	1	individuals	5	very unfavourable
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	36	36	individuals	100	favourable
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	2	2	individuals	100	favourable
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	5	1	individuals	20	very unfavourable
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	19	19	individuals	100	favourable
Long-eared Owl Asio otus	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	4	1	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	2	2	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo	1	1	individuals	100	favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable
Desert	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish & salt water, Rivers & streams, Water-fringe vegetation	85
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	5
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - stony, Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty	5
Shrubland	Low bushes	5
Grassland	Dry grassland on sandy soils	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kyzylkol Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kyzylkol-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 22/11/2024.